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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Inspired by FRANKENSTEIN, VEINS OF CALRIS is a dark fantasy novel with: 🩸A death cult 🧪Vengeful Artificer 🌱Plant magic and light body horror ❤️Love that persevered across death #questpit #a #df

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

After her murder at the hands of a death cult, Ginevra wakes in an unnatural body built as a weapon and mistaken for the missing princess. As the cult hunts the soul they thought destroyed, she must claim her own identity—or be defined by the powers that remade her. #questpit #A #DF

A woman's hand reaching out with plant vines coming from the stitches

Stained glass windows, a spider web, a woman veiled with hands clasped in front of her, an overgrown window, and flowers with a dagger over them

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Just found out I will be giving our commencement speech in January! Two and a half years in the MFA program, one completed novel, and a thousand memories-I hope to do it justice ❤️

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Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If you liked Hunger Games Erik you're gunna love NaNo Erik

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I know there a strong views about prologues, but what about jumping straight into action? My view is mostly from a fantasy lens, but curious what thoughts would be. #writingcommunity

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R. Ruhl 🌙 @writingruhls.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Half Sick of Shadows is a gothic where horror never comes from characters' identities. Modern audience shouldn't find diversity scary! Instead, horror comes from the wealth inequality, environmental issues, & medical field hurdles of the 19th cent that remain relevant today. #DVPit #H #A #DIS #LGBT

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Thank you for such a fun day! I always love getting to see what everyone is working on and what I should keep my eyes out for 👀

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

To destroy the death cult that killed her, Ginevra must first survive the body they’d see unmade. But when a woman from her past begins to recognize her, she learns that vengeance and love demand the same thing: truth. #DVpit #CI #A #DF #LGBT

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF Inspired by FRANKENSTEIN Murdered by a death cult, remade as a weapon with thorns for teeth and calris veins as veins—Ginevra must decide if she’s their savior, their monster, or something else entirely. #DVpit #A #df #lgbt+ #q

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Thesis? ✔️ Sent off my Fulls and Partials? ✔️ finally time to read and work on my poison wip and ya wip! #writingcommunity

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 02/10/2025

#SFFChat A1: Horror is the fourth pillar of speculative fiction after SFF and magical realism. You can't dissociate them. Look at Alien. Hellraiser. The Shining. Dark City. Event Horizon. Modern horror and sci-fi AND fantasy all owe a debt to Frankenstein.

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This month, I submit my thesis for my MFA program, sent some fulls out, and queried agents I never thought I would be "good enough" for. Yes, it's also a stressful time, but I am so excited to see what the future holds. #amquerying #WritingCommunity

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Two #pitchdis requests! There is something about someone wanting to read more, knowing that you deal with chronic illness, that really warms the heart ❤️

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Torri Belle ✨is querying✨a dark adventure 🌲🌊💀 @torribelle.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

#PosterPit #Q #F #M #H The Ravens x Buffy 📚 A prestigious college 🌊 in a seaside town 💀🩸w/ a blood-soaked past 👩🏽‍💻where a law school student is eager to solve a deadly mystery 🎸 & a rock star is desperate to protect his career 🔪 a sadistic killer stalks his prey, 👹 while monsters lurk in the shadows

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF Inspired by FRANKENSTEIN Murdered by a cult, remade as a weapon—she must decide if she’s their savior, their monster, or something else entirely. #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #Q #DF #F #A

A woman shrouded in a veil clapping her hands together and surrounded by vines. Text reads: remade as a weapon but something thorned and grieving is breaking free. VEINS OF CALRIS by Deanna Winters. Ginevra, the monster. Malrath, the creator. Bernhart, the knight. Alexa, the priestess

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

DUNE X THE LIBRARY AT MT.CHAR In a city of psychics under constant duress, those born with lethal abilities are drafted into the Guild sworn to protect their home. Even if this means turning them into monsters... Now, visions of Strangers threaten to bring them ruin. #PosterPit #Q #A #F

The Strangers' War. We paid for these stars in blood

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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

From the creators of ARCANE x FMA x CRIERS WAR 🦾metal-based magic system 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨queer romance 😱anxiety rep 💀anti-colonialism 🤖the dangers of propaganda #PosterPit #YA #LGBT #SF #SFF

Movie poster of black, red, and gold featuring a blonde boy and a brunette boy, and women with metal in their bones. Text reads THIS METAL WAR. When an anxious mechanic named Circuit is recruited into the war between science and magic, he uncovers the truth about the war and his own abilities that puts him at risk of execution by the hands of the very army that conscripted him. To survive, he makes a pact: help the volatile and frustratingly handsome bot Asher get revenge on his creator. Don't fall for their lies. T for Teens. Beware propaganda.

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #PosterPit #Q #R #A #writing

Movie poster concept for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. Art and photography by Dawn Berkoski. It depicts a man in a hoodie (Jason) walking in a dark alley towards a man in a suit. (Alex)

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨ #PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

A faux movie poster for The Pirate, the Princess, and John featuring a silhouetted ship sailing on a layered blue ocean toward a distant castle under a pale moon, with three character names at the top: “Amir (the pirate),” “Mira (the princess),” and “John (for now).”

Below the ship is the quote: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that isn’t what ships are built for.” The title appears in large white serif letters, and at the bottom is the tagline: “YA fantasy, 82k, multi-POV; anti-colonial, non-Western, political intrigue; besties to lovers, found family, platonic ‘touch her and die’; strong girls, big feelings, sharp prose; diverse, queer, magical.” The author’s X handle @SARADURANAUTHOR and Bluesky handle SARADURAN.BSKY.SOCIAL appear in the lower right corner.

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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡 the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #posterpit #q #a #lf #m

a movie poster for my novel ALL THE DEVILS. the main image on the poster is of a man with his face obscured showing only his eyes. this image is in black and white.

over the image is some text. in the left hand corner is a snippet stating the following “there would be no them from the tomorrow that had already begun. the devils were done. the dream destroyed.” on the right of the image is some information about the novel as follows: daisy jones meets knives out, a literary mystery, crossover potential.

underneath the image is more text. first we have the tagline “the song of death never sounded so sweet”. next is the novel’s tile “all the devils”. “a novel by char young” follows this and then underneath is the novel’s pitch as stated above in the post. finally at the bottom are the words “coming soon to the query trenches” and “strand studios”

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign. #PosterPitQ #A #H #M #Posterpit

This is a horror movie-style poster for "DAD BODIES" with the tagline "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN." The design features a large D20 die (showing numbers 19, 1, 7 and 13) at the center top, surrounded by blood splatter effects against a dark background with a gothic manor silhouette.Six men are arranged around the bottom portion, each showing expressions of terror or shock with hands raised defensively. They're labeled with names: Vincent, Sam, Troy, Hank, Marv, and Dave. The poster includes several review quotes in decorative frames: "I had to stop eating" and "OMG" and "EW! Haha!!" all attributed to beta readers.The poster credits "Written and Directed by B. van Bodegom" at the top and includes a "BIG 5 INTEREST" badge. At the bottom is a movie rating-style disclaimer with "RESTRICTED" rating and warnings about strong language, violence, and adult content.

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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Four werewolves. Three months. Two full moons. One chance to save a life. Can love even exist amid such corruption? Coming soon: EYES SHINE SILVER IN MOONLIGHT, a werewolf romantasy that forces a choice between duty and desire. #PosterPit #PosterPitW #R #F #A

A movie poster with two silhouettes of people on either side of a moon with an eye superimposed over it. Below the moon is a lit up building. Text on the poster reads: A werewolf romantasy from Eliwood S.Gheist. Eyes Shine Silver in Moonlight. Honor the oath. Submit to moonlust. Rated DS for Decadently Spicy.

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H. L. Docherty (Updates Only) @hldocherty.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A #NA dual-POV #F #R where These Violent Delights meets Arcane. Featuring: 🥀 A firebrand FMC from the slums 🥀A gilded MMC with blood on his hands 🥀 Class war meets monster horror 🥀 Fated mates with a twist 🥀 He'd do anything for her 🥀2 publishers interested / 10 manuscript requests. #PosterPit #Q

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Author Alexis Veenendaal @alexisveenendaal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Professor Hark is sent to a prestigious school that trains the best adventurers in the kingdom. His mission from the Bureau: secretly audit the professors there. What he doesn't expect is oddball colleagues and students who finally give him a home. #PosterPit #W #AG #F #A #Cozy

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Tiff @tiff-d.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The nursery rhyme The Farmer in the Dell haunts Emily—but the final verse, “the cheese stands alone,” is no rhyme. When her best friend’s illness turns terminal, Emily has days to uncover a truth that could destroy her marriage, child, & the life she’s built around saving Lacey. #posterpit #Q #A

A dark, eerie movie poster with a shadowy background of water, tree branches, and the faint outline of a woman’s face underwater. At the top, text reads: “By Tiffany Darling.” Centered text: “She’s dying. But that’s not the scariest part… The truth is so much darker.” Below, the book title appears: Everything I Gave Her. Subtext: “Now Querying #Q.” At the bottom: “A haunting spiral into the lies we tell for love. Psychological Suspense #T. Rated #A.”

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#QueerPit a transfemme, plant-killer garden witch works with a rival music witch to supply magic to an ancient flower for three months. after an autistic meltdown turns the flower sentient, garden witch must learn to regulate her emotions before the scandal breaks out #YA #F

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Aaron Cole has a Book Deal! @theaaroncole.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE SONG OF ACHILLES x HUNGER GAMES Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga A boy with blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom #QueerPit #Vague #YA

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Sophie Pinkoski @sophiemlpink.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Steeped in queer emo subculture, Heaven’s Tiny Daggers follows a girl punk band’s rise to fame as an invitation to an artists retreat to work on their next album becomes a fight for survival when their demonic hostess intends to sacrifice them to raise her lover from the dead. #QueerPit #A #H #DF #Q

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

For fans of: ❤️ Slow-burn romance 💀 Love that transcends death 🕷 Death cult hunting her 🧬 Morally gray creator 🌱 Body horror 🪞 Identity & self-discovery 👑 Court intrigue & dangerous alliances #QueerPit #Q #A #DF #F

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Sophie Pinkoski @sophiemlpink.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

ROMEO + JULIET x GIDEON IX A demon queen. Her cosmic lover.Separated again and again over the decades by the cosmic order. She brings him back home to her, in a different form each time…they just need human sacrifices to do it. One day, their lost child may be one of them.🥀💀🖤 #QueerPit #A #Q #DF #H

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Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a shapeshifting fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #QueerPit #A #FR #F

Book cover with title "The Heart Devourer's Song" and author name "L. Liu" over illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

With weak cold fire magic, Octavia can't fight her uncle legally taking her fortune. Fleeing to the Temple of the Dead, Octavia's fire raises a girl executed for murder--she knows her power at last. With an army of the dead, she will destroy the empire that keeps women inferior. #QueerPit #A #F #DF

A moodboard containing ancient roman symbols, a woman with blue fire in her hands, blood, zombie hands, and dragon wings.

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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#WritingCommunity My #A Berlin #romance squeezes this #NixedBookResearch into four little words. But then, you already know *exactly* how the Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989… right? If not… read on 👇

Hole in the Berlin Wall, photo by Michael Coghlan, 9 May 2016, under license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF Death should have been the end. Yet Ginevra is remade into a monster-her soul still yearning for the one she made a promise to in life. ✨️A promise to come back safe 🌱A promise of moonflowers #QueerPit #F #DF #LGBTQ #A

Moonflowers with a blue tint, a woman shrouded in a veil, an overgrown window with a ripped note over the image reading "promise you'll come back." "Will you recognize my soul?" Next to stained glass windows. A hand leaves flowers on a grave, and a hand reaches through webs.

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Sam Peil 🧟😈🤡 @sampeil.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

AITA (M26) for lurking outside of my house while my wife cries? SHE'S MEAT. Is it my fault that my brain went on autopilot and took me here? Sure, I've stalked a couple of my patients, but it's the end of the world. THEY'RE MEAT NOW. 🦷🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♀️ #H #na #a #q #sf #questpit #lgbt

dentist in white jacket with red "paint" splatter. just his torso visible. text says: THE DENTIST WILL EAT YOU NOW Sami Peil @sampeil

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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I made a 3rd book agent guide for Of Magic and Grief, that's right, this story has a title now! OMaG is my Young Adult Urban Fantasy that's Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn. Book agent guides for my 2 Middle Grade stories are right below 👇🏼 🧵/1

Of Magic and Grief Agent Guide. Story is being queried with over 82k words and is a YA Urban Fantasy.

Pitch, and the story is like Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn.

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Marina Lucas | Author @authormarinalucas.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

When the mayor’s perfect daughter Lacey Bennet must ally with societal outcast Danira Keres to save her dying brother—the heir to their plague-ravaged world’s brutal patriarchy—her journey becomes one of monsters, impossible love and a fight for the key to humanity’s salvation. #questpit #Q #A

Faded dark blue background with the pitch for the Other Side of Eternity

Comps page with the same faded dark blue background, with pictures of the covers of Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Fable for The End of The World by Ava Reid

Faded dark blue background with drawings of an undead lady screaming and a skeletal monster crouching, with a list of tropes and themes in the center

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Sally Bromley @sallybromley.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Beauty is a Brittle Glass 💎 Adult contemporary, 83k 💎 Sisters, dual POV 💎 Slow burn romance 💎 Speculative elements 💎 LGBTQ MC 💎 Disability rep Querying soon 👀 #questpit #A #Q

Images of a woman looking in a mirror, a woman's hand, a spooky group of trees, a devil's hand. The title Beauty is a Brittle Glass.

Images of a woman looking in a mirror, a devil's hand, a spooky group of trees, a woman on a Catwalk, a pier.

Three book covers, The Push with twin faces, The Picture of Dorian Gray a diseased man's face, Blue Sisters, a painting of a sad young woman's face.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × DUNGEONS & DADDIES A #litagents and #editors guide to DAD BODIES! Big 5 interest! #QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

agents guide for DAD BODIES.

top left: moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

top right: PITCH & COMPS, CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT, when their detective friend is murdered during annual gaming retreat, 5 dads nust use their years of ttrpg experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like npcs in a badly-written campaign.

bottom left: "Fuck me, Troy."
“That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.”
Dave averted his gaze from the bloodied corpse of their friend to face him.
“Really, Troy? Now?”
Troy shrugged. “Marv would’ve laughed.” The grin on his face faltered. Marv was lying in a pool of his own blood. The cause of death was clear, the hilt of the murder weapon protruding from his back. Since Marv was stiff as a board—not much different from his current state—they could rule out suicide. Marv was also more inclined to stab others in the back instead of himself.

bottom right: DAD FRIENDS, HORROR AND MYSTERY, DARK HUMOR, SECLUDED MANOR, TTRPG ELEMENTS, DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

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M. Walsh - Author @m-walshwrites.com · 06/08/2025

Everything believes Krutch Leeroy is a dangerous man. They think he's a ruthless pirate. A conniving thief and brutal warrior. A scoundrel and villain. He's not. That's his curse. Literally. #QuestPit #P #A #SFF

Mood board for KRUTCH LEEROY of the fantasy novel series GRAYLANDS. Images emphasize his beleaguered and put-upon nature as he gets dragged into adventures he doesn't want, plus his weapon of choice and a suggested history with a sorceress.

Top Row
- a man, played by Brian O'Halloran in CLERKS, is slumped miserably over the counter in the convenience store he works
- a pirate, played by Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, frantically flees from angry pursuers with a panicked look on his face

Second Row
- a witch, played by Cassandra Gava in CONAN THE BARBARIAN, stands at the entrance of her hut, waiting for someone
- a man, played by Jeff Bridges in THE BIG LEBOWSKI, looks perplexed while stirring a drink in his hand
- a revolver pistol

Third Row
- a heavily bandaged man, played by Tom Hanks in THE 'BURBS, lays on a gurney and complains "I don't care! I've been blown up! Take me to the hospital!"
- a cartoon drawing of Charlie Brown failing to kick a football after Lucy has pulled it away from him

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Corrinne @corrinney.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers #BluePit #BluePit📖 FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy 🪭Canton gothic ⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu 🪭love or pheromone? ⚔️maggots & mad scientists 🪭violent yearning ⚔️generational trauma 🪭locusts #Q #A #R #H #F moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

Canton gothic, editors interest, shortlisted PNWA finalist, love or pheromone, violent yearning, Chinese lesbians, Chinese women, Chinese moon moths, dagger, clandestine rendezvous, Chinese fan, Chinese building

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Veins of Calris, complete at 89,000 words, is a dark fantasy novel with dual points of view, blending resurrection horror, identity, and slow-burn romance in a dark, atmospheric world. #agentguide #questpit #df #q #h

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